Petition #20380056
- Kent County, Delaware. filing started December 29, 1800.
- Court: Common Pleas
- Salutation: To the respectable the Judges of the Court of common pleas, and general Sessions of the peace in and for the County and State afsd.
Abstract
Thomas, a man of color, states that he is "held and claimed as a Slave by a Certain Dr Loadman Elbert of Caroline County in the State of Maryland." Thomas apprehends that he is "intitled to his freedom under the Laws of this State, by Importation." The petitioner asks that Elbert be summoned "to answer the complaint of your Petitioner."
Result: Partially granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: For the importation law, see Laws of the State of Delaware, 2 vols. (New Castle: Samuel and John Adams, 1797), 2:886-87.
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
- Records of the Court of Common Pleas
- Page: 13-14
- Microfilm: Reel 2
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